Global IssuesNews headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 37
Climate Change Turns African Rivers into Epicentres of Conflict
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Oct 24 (IPS) - Almost all major river basins in Africa have become the epicentres for conflicts over the last 20 years, and agricultural yields on the continent could drop by up to 50 percent in the coming years owing to the drying up of 'traditional' water sources, thanks in part to effects climate change and degradation of the environment, the inaugural edition of the State of Africa's Environment Report 2023 released in Nairobi finds.
The Road to Hell is Paved with Not-So-Good Intentions: Quo Vadis Israel-Palestine?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 24 (IPS) - The bloodletting in Israel-Palestine is nothing new, perhaps the ferocity and intensity has become much worse and more frenetic. Ever since the Zionist project to establish a Jewish nation took hold in 1948, and flourished thereafter, the local inhabitants, mostly Arab Muslims and Christians, were displaced in the power equation and became dispossessed in every sense of the word.
Damning Evidence of War Crimes in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 23 (IPS) - Amnesty International (AI), one of the leading human rights organizations, has accused Israeli forces of continuing “to intensify their cataclysmic assault on the occupied Gaza Strip.”
American Weapons Used in Gaza Trigger War Crime Accusations Against US
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 23 (IPS) - The widespread use of American weapons by Israel, which has killed thousands of civilians in Gaza, has triggered accusations of war crimes against the United States.
But US has always escaped these charges in contemporary military conflicts –particularly in the killing fields of Afghanistan and Iraq --and also in the use of American weapons in Yemen where thousands have been killed.
Gaza Humanitarian Crisis Worsens Even As First Aid Convoys Arrive
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO & UNITED NATIONS, Oct 22 (IPS) - The ongoing violence in the Gaza Strip has resulted in a humanitarian crisis described as "catastrophic" – and even as aid arrived, strikes intensified.
In Gaza, Civilians Have No Escape from Bombs and Missiles and No Water or Food Either
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 18 (IPS) - The humanitarian situation in and around the Gaza Strip—which continues to unfold as we speak—can only be described as an utter catastrophe.
Israel Must Remember Its Moral Values in Its Quest to Crush Hamas
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Oct 17 (IPS) - Israel will recover over time from its colossal intelligence failure and its tardiness in responding militarily to Hamas’ massacre. But it cannot do so unless it upholds its moral values and makes every effort to spare the lives of innocent Palestinians as it pursues Hamas’ destruction
UNRWA Warns of Unprecedented Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza
- Inter Press Service
EAST JERUSALEM, Oct 16 (IPS) - As of today, my UNRWA colleagues in Gaza are no longer able to provide humanitarian assistance.
As I speak with you, Gaza is running out of water and electricity. In fact, Gaza is being strangled and it seems that the world right now has lost its humanity.
Libya: Mission chief updates Security Council on flood disaster ‘beyond imagination’
- UN News
Humanitarians delivering aid in the wake of Libya’s “unprecedented” flood disaster centred on the coastal city of Derna, have reached more than 146,000 in need, said the head of the UN support mission there (UNSMIL) on Monday.
International Criminal Court: Russia urged to withdraw arrest warrants for judges
- UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday said it was “deeply concerned” by Russia’s decision to issue arrest warrants against senior judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), following earlier warrants against its Prosecutor and Pre-trial Judges involved in examining potential war crimes in Ukraine.
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